Agent: Duvernay-Tardif's decision shaped by care home experience. MORE:
's decision to sit out the 2020 NFL season and focus on medicine wasn't an easy one, but his experience on the front lines of Quebec's COVID-19 fight at a long-term care home shaped that decision, his agent said Saturday.
The 29-year-old from Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Que., the Chiefs' starting right guard, earned a medical degree from McGill University and has been working to fulfil his requirements to become a doctor in the off-season. "He preferred not to put himself in that position this season," Ghavami said."If he was to be put in a position to take risks, it would be treating patients."
"Laurent is a person with a lot of convictions and has always been true to his beliefs and what he thinks is the right thing to do for him," Ghavami said. Ghavami said Duvernay-Tardif understood that could mean missing out on a possible Super Bowl repeat as Kansas City, led by quarterback"It's a huge decision, it's very difficult for a professional athlete, you do everything in your power to be in a position to win," Ghavami said."It's definitely a decision that makes it more difficult."
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